BEST SONGS OF 2006
Here, at last, is my completed (last updated: December 29, 2006) list of the best singles of 2006.
100 BEST SONGS OF 2006:
- My Love - Justin Timberlake
- New Day - Kate Havnevik
- Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
- The Fear You Won't Fall - Joshua Radin
- The Long Way Around - Dixie Chicks
- When You Were Young (Jacque Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix) - The Killers
- 9 Crimes - Damien Rice
- You And I Are A Gang Of Losers - The Dears
- Ain't No Other Man - Christina Aguilera
- Tell Me When To Go (Remix) - E-40 feat. Kanye West & Ice Cube
- Thin Blue Flame - Josh Ritter
- Postcards from Italy - Beirut
- Who Am I - Will Young
- Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
- Keep Bouncin (Street) - Too $hort feat. Snoop Dogg and Will.i.am
- The Man - Pete Yorn
- Show Me What You Got - Jay-Z
- Knockers - The Darkness
- Baby Makin' Hips - Fantasia
- Hip Hop Is Dead - Nas
- Love Me Or Hate Me Remix - Lady Sovereign Feat. Missy Elliott
- Starlight - Muse
- God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash
- Number 1 (Superchumbo Remix) - Goldfrapp
- Nausea - Beck
- Fidelity - Regina Spektor
- Rudebox - Robbie Williams
- Cobrastyle - Teddybears feat. Mad Cobra
- Bossy (Cavemen Remix) - Kelis
- Compton - The Game feat. Will.i.am
- Concentrate - Xzibit
- Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland
- It Ends Tonight - The All-American Rejects
- Need You Tonite - Mylo
- Touch It (The Remix) - Busta Rhymes feat. Mary J. Blige Rah Digga Missy Elliott Dmx Lloyd Banks & Papoose
- You Know I'm No Good - Ghostface Killah /Amy Winehouse
- Sexyback - Justin Timberlake
- And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going - Jennifer Hudson
- Control Myself - LL Cool J Feat Jennifer Lopez
- Emily - Joanna Newsom
- Silent House - Dixie Chicks
- Kick, Push - Lupe Fiasco
- Doctor's Advocate - The Game feat. Busta Rhymes
- Gotta Understand - Jurassic 5
- Girls Gone Wild - Ludacris
- Kick out the chairs (WhoMadeWho remix) - Munk feat. James Murphy
- Stunna Shades - Federation feat. E-40
- Come On! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance! - Sufjan Stevens
- Lost One - Jay-Z Feat. Chrisette Michele
- Boston - Augustana
- Here It Goes Again - Ok Go
- Over My Head (Cable Car) - The Fray
- Sympathy - Billy Talent
- Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
- Henrietta - The Fratellis
- Wamp Wamp (What It Do) - Clipse feat. Slim Thug
- Crazy - Snoop Dogg feat. Nate Dogg
- Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
- The Train - Outkast feat. Sleepy Brown
- All Over Again - Ronan Keating
- Electrik Heat - The Seekwill - K-Os
- Maneater - Nelly Furtado
- Hush Boy - Basement Jaxx
- Lolita - Prince
- Sexy Love - Ne-Yo
- Can`t Take It In - Imogen Heap
- Be Easy - Ghostface Killah & Trife Da God
- Fergalicious - Fergie feat. Will.i.am
- How We Operate - Gomez
- Game for Fools - Jamie Lidell
- Leave The Pieces - The Wreckers
- Moving Like A Train - Herbert
- Paranoid Android - Sia
- Wisemen - James Blunt
- Wind It Up - Gwen Stefani
- I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) - Sandi Thom
- Cooking - Scritti Politti
- All Good Things (Come To An End) - Nelly Furtado
- Streetlights - Rocky Votolato
- Stolen - Dashboard Confessional
- Not Big - Lily Allen
- What You Know - T.I.
- Faster Kill Pussy Cat - Paul Oakenfold feat. Brittany Murphy
- Follow The Cops Back Home - Placebo
- Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
- Unfaithful - Rihanna
- On The Evening Train - Johnny Cash
- Too Much To Ask For - Radio 4
- 3000 Flowers - Destroyer
- Tent In Your Pants - Peaches
- Whoo! Alright - Yeah... Uh Huh. - The Rapture
- So Excited - Janet Jackson Feat. Khia
- Long Distance Call (Remix by 25 Hours a Day) - Phoenix
- Above The Clouds - Cyndi Lauper with Jeff Beck
- I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
- Bulgarian Chicks - Balkan Beat Box
- U & Ur Hand - P!nk
- Poppin' My Collar - Three 6 Mafia
- Steam and Sequins for Larry Levan - Matmos
- Goodbye Earl - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Random notes:
- I finalized these rankings using a complicated mathematical formula that involves how often I hummed the tune while waiting in line at Quizno's, the number of tweens who perform the song at karaoke night at the mall, and whether I can still stand listening to the song today.
- I didn't limit myself to one song per artist, although I put the bar higher for repeat showings by a single artist.
- I realize some of the songs are from albums released in 2005. Sue me.
- Any weak choices should be blamed on programmers at Sirius Satellite Radio and all my favorite audioblogs.
- If you feel my taste in music is craptacular, feel free to send me mp3s at junichi @ junichisemitsu.com.
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